The US Treasury previously issued a 30‑day waiver on March 5 specifically for India, allowing ​New Delhi to buy Russian oil stuck at sea.

Vessel tracking service Kpler pegged Iranian exports in the first 11 days of March even higher at about 16.5 million barrels.

A photo posted on Facebook by the Ethiopian Broadcasting ​Corporation showed residents standing ​at the scene of the landslide, with parts of a nearby hillside ​stripped of vegetation and ​some people standing knee-deep in mud.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have said that if attacks on Iran continued, they would not allow “one litre of oil” to be shipped from the Middle East to the US, Israel or their partners.

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Trump had ‌authorized the release ⁠of 172 million barrels from the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve from next week.

Iran’s ​Revolutionary Guards have warned that any ship passing through the Strait will be targeted.

While his companions boarded first, Dube slipped on at the last ​moment, made for his coach and climbed to the top berth, hoping for a quiet ‌eight-hour ride.

The conflict has effectively blocked vital shipping lanes through the Strait of Hormuz, halting the flow of one-fifth of the world’s fossil energy supplies from the petroleum-rich Gulf.

Early on Wednesday, Iranian state media reported another round of attacks was unleashed on US military installations in Bahrain.

Malian military authorities have turned to armed escorts to ease ​a fuel supply blockade on the landlocked country imposed ​by the insurgents.

The UN office in Haiti (BINUH) has also recorded dozens of civilian deaths and injuries from drones, including a mother of three killed while selling goods on the street.

The fuel shortage comes as the US-Israel war on Iran has halted ship traffic in the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, driving up energy prices and transport costs, hitting exports and output from Gulf producers.

Airfares have soared on Asia-Europe routes ​due to airspace closures and capacity constraints, and Hong Kongs Cathay Pacific Airways (0293.HK) said on Tuesday it was adding extra flights to London and Zurich in March.

The move would be intended to boost world supplies of oil following disruptions to Middle East shipments but could also complicate US efforts to deprive Russia of revenue for its war in Ukraine.

At least 1,332 Iranian civilians have been killed and thousands wounded since the US and Israel launched a barrage of air and missile strikes ⁠across Iran at the end of February, according to Iran’s UN ambassador.